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Nigeria: Forced marriages and the age of consent

Categories: Sub-Saharan Africa, Nigeria, Law, Religion, Women & Gender, Youth

Sokari discusses forced marriages and the age of consent [1]after the former Governor of Zamfara State, Senator Sani Yerima marries a 13 year old Egyptian girl for whom he paid her family $100,000.